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Johns Hopkins University 



CHARTER, 



EXTRACTS OF WILL, 



OFFICERS AND BY-LAWS. 



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Johns Hopkins University. 



CHARTER, 



EXTRACTS OF WILL, 



OFFICERS AND BY-LAWS. 




BALTIMORE: 
Printed by John Muephy & Co. 

182 Baltimore Street. 
18 74. 

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By oversight throughout, the Corporate name is given as " The 
Johns Hopkins' University " — should be " The Johns Hopkins 
University." 



OFFICERS. 



President : 
GALLOWAY CHESTON. 

Treasuher : 

FRANCIS WHITE. 

Secretary : 

WILLIAM HOPKINS. 



Board op Trustees: 

GALLOWAY CHESTON, 
FRANCIS T. KING, 
LEWIS N. HOPKINS, 
THOMAS M. SMITH, 
WILLIAM HOPKINS, 
JOHN W. GARRETT, 
Judge GEO. W. DOBBIN, 
Judge GEO. WM. BROWN, 
Dr. JAMES C. THOMAS, 
CHARLES J. M. GWINN, 
REVERDY JOHNSON, Jr , 
FRANCIS WHITE. 



COMMITTEES. 



Executive Committee: 
REVERDY JOHNSON, Je., 
Judge GEO. W. DOBBIN, 
Judge GEO. WM. BROWN, 
CHARLES J. M. GWINN, 
Dr. JAMES C. THOMAS, 
GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 

Finance Committee : 

JOHN W. GARRETT, 
FRANCIS T. KING, 
GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 

Building Committee: 
Judge GEORGE W. DOBBIN, 
FRANCIS T. KING, 
THOMAS M. SMITH, 
LEWIS N. HOPKINS, 
GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 

Committee in Charge op the Clifton Grounds 

REVERDY JOHNSON, Jr., 
FRANCIS WHITE, 
GALLOWAY CHESTON, ex officio. 



Extracts from Will. 

g "I give, devise and bequeath unto 'The Johns 
Hopkins'^ University,' a corporation formed at my 
instance under the laws of Maryland, by certificate 
duly recorded among the Records of Baltimore 
County, my country place known as 'Clifton,' con- 
taining about three hundred and thirty acres, and 
all the shares of the capital stock of the Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad Company, whereof I shall die 
possessed, (except the stock known as preferred 
stock of said Company, upon which a dividend of 
six per centum and no more is payable by said 
Company,) and I recommend the said ' The Johns 
Hopkins' University' not to dispose of the said 
capital stock, or of the stock accruing thereon by 
way of increment or dividend, but to keep the said 
stock and said increment, or dividend stock, if any, 
as an investment ; and I direct that the buildings, 
necessary for the purposes of the said ' The Johns 
Hopkins' University,' shall be constructed out of 
the money dividends as they accrue on said stock ; 
and that the said University and the trustees 
should maintain the said University, afterwards, 
out of its receipts from scholars, and out of the 
annual revenue derived from the devise and be- 



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(|ucst hereby made, without encroaching upon the 
principal fund. And I further enjoin upon the 
said University, and the trustees thereof, the duty 
of voting and representing the said stock with 
diligence, zeal, and perfect fidelity to the trust 
I have reposed in them, especially desiring that 
each and every trustee thereof will abstain from 
all action which may tend to subordinate the 
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to any 
political influence or management, and will, at all 
times, use his or their influence or power with the 
purpose of promoting its usefulness, and the value 
of the stock of that company, which I have hereby 
bequeathed. And I further request the trustees 
of the said University to establish, from time to 
time, such number of free scholarships in the said 
University as may be judicious, and to distribute 
the said scholarships amongst such candidates 
from the States of Maryland, Virginia and JN'orth 
Carolina, as may be most deserving of choice, 
because of their character and intellectual prom- 
ise ; and to educate the young men, so chosen, 
free of charge." 

From First Codicil. 

"And whereas, by my said last will and testa- 
ment, I did give, devise and bequeath all the rest, 
residue and remainder of the estate of which I 



might be seized or possessed at my death, and 
whieh was not otherwise disposed of by my said 
last will and testament, or by any codicil or codi- 
cils made thereto, or by gift or otherwise in my 
lifetime, unto such persons of my kindred as would 
be entitled to such rest, residue and remainder of 
my estate, if such rest, residue and remainder had 
constituted my whole estate, and I had departed 
this life intestate ; 

"And whereas, upon due consideration, believ- 
ing that my said kindred have been otherwise 
sufficiently provided for by my said last will and 
testament, and by this codicil, I have determined 
to dispose otherwise of the said rest, residue and 
remainder of my real and personal estate ; 

" Now I do hereby revoke the said devise and 
bequest so made of all the rest, residue and re- 
mainder of my estate; and I do hereby give, 
devise and bequeath all the said rest, residue and 
remainder of the estate, real and personal, of which 
I shall be seized or possessed at my death, of what- 
soever nature and description the same may be, 
to ' The Johns Hopkins' University ' and to ' The 
Johns Hopkins' Hospital,' as tenants in common, 
and not as joint tenants, to be equally divided 
between them, share and share alike; the share 
of each corporation in the said rest, residue and 



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remainder of my real and personal estate to be 
held, used and applied by such corporation in, for 
and to its corporate purposes, in accordance with 
the provisions of its existing certificate or charter 
of incorporation, or with the provisions of such 
Act or Acts of Assembly amending its certificate 
or charter of incorporation as the trustees thereof 
may procure to be passed and accepted." 



Certificate of Incorporation. 

Know all men by these presents, that we, 
Thomas M. Smith, William Hopkins, Lewis N. 
Hopkins, John W. Garrett, Alan P. Smith, John 
Fonerden, G-eorge W. Dobbin, George M. Gill, An- 
drew Sterett Ridgely, Thomas Donaldson, James 
A. L. McClure and Charles J. M. Gwinn, being- 
citizens of the United States of America, and of 
the State of Maryland, and being desirous to 
form a corporation for the purpose of organizing 
an "University," for the promotion of education 
in the State of Maryland, do hereby declare and 
certify that we do, by this instrument of writing, 
and by virtue of and under the provisions of an 
Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed 
at the January session thereof in the year eighteen 
hundred and sixty-seven, and being the Act of 
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, chapter three 
hundred and seventy-nine, form a corporation, 
under the name of " The Johns Hopkins' Univer- 
sity," for the promotion of education in the State 
of Maryland, which shall be governed and con- 
trolled by twelve Trustees, who shall manage the 
concerns thereof, and which said twelve trustees 
shall be Francis T. King, Lewis JN". Hopkins, 
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Thomas M. Smith. William Hopkins, John Fon- 
erden,* John W. Garrett, Francis White, Charles 
J. M. Gwinn, Galloway Cheston, George W. 
Dobbin, Reverdy Johnson, junior, and George 
William Brown, and which said University shall 
be located in Baltimore County, in the State of 
Maryland. 

Witness our hands and seals, set hereto on this 
twenty-fourth day of August, in the year eighteen 
hundred and sixty-seven. 

Thomas M. Smith, [seal.] 

William Hopkins, [seal.] 

Lewis JNT. Hopkins, [seal.] 

John W. Garrett, [seal.] 

Alan P. Smith, [seal.] 

John Fonerden, [seal.] 

George W. Dobbin, [seal] 

George M. Gill, [seal.] 
Andrew Sterett Ridgely, [seal.] 

Th. Donaldson, [seal.] 

James A. L. McClure, [seal.] 

Charles J. M. Gwinn, [seal.] 
Witness : Allen E. Forrester. 



*0n the death of John Fonerden, Dr. James Carey Thomas was 
elected to fill the vacancy. 



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State of Maryland, Baltimore City, to wit: 

I hereby certify that on this twenty -fourth day 
of August, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty- 
seven, before me, a Justice of the Peace, of the 
State of Maryland, in and for the city of Baltimore 
aforesaid, and being an officer competent to take 
the acknowledgment of deeds, personally appeared 
Thomas M. Smith, William Hopkins, Lewis JN". 
Hopkins, John W. Garrett, Alan P. Smith, John 
Fonerden, Greorge W. Dobbin, George M. Gill, 
iVndrew Sterett Ridgely, Thomas Donaldson, James 
A. L. McClure, and Charles J. M. Gwinn, and did 
severally acknowledge the foregoing certificate, or 
instrument of Avriting, to be their respective act 
and deed. 

Allen E. Forrester. 



By-Laws. 



I. 

The Officers of the Board shall consist of a 
President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall 
be annually chosen from the members of the Board 
by ballot, at the first stated meeting of the Board 
after the first day of January. 

II. 

The duties of the President shall be to preside 
at all meetings of the Board, — to call special meet- 
ings at such times as he may think the business of 
the Institution shall require him so to do, or at 
such times as he may be requested by two members 
of the Board so to do ; and at all meetings to pre- 
sent the business in the order hereinafter specified. 
He shall also exercise a general superintendence 
over all the afi'airs of the Institution, and bring 
such matters to the attention of the Board as he 
may think require it. 

III. 

The duty of the Secretary shall be to keep fair 
minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Trus- 
tees, to conduct and preserve the correspondence 



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of the Board, and to give all notices of meetings 
of the Board, and notices of appointments on 
committees, when the members appointed are not 
present at the meeting at which the appointment 
is made. 

IV. 

The duties of the Treasurer shall be to cause to 
be collected, and keep safely, and disburse as may 
be required under regulations, hereafter to be 
adopted, the funds of the Institution. To keep, 
or cause to be kept, full books of account, and 
vouchers of all his transactions, and report the 
same to the Board as required. He shall give 
bond with approved security for the faithful per- 
formance of his duty, in such penalty as the 
Board may require. 

V. 

There shall also be the following Standing Com- 
mittees, viz : 

An Executive Committee of five members of the 
Board. 

A Finance Committee, of two members of the 
Board. 

A Building Committee, of four members of the 
Board. 

Of each of these Committees the President shall 
be ex officio member. 



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VI. 

The Executive Committee shall have committed 
to it matters of general interest to the Institution, 
not specially appropriate to the Finance Committee 
or the Building Committee. 

The Finance Committee shall have committed to 
it all matters of financial interest, which the Board 
may think will require their consideration and 
action. 

The Building Committee shall have committed 
to it the consideration of all plans of buildings 
and other improvements necessary for the Institu- 
tion, and their execution when adopted by the 
Board. 

VII. 

The Board shall hold stated monthly meetings 
on the first Monday in every month, except when 
such meeting shall be dispensed with by a vote ; 
and other special meetings, when the President 
shall think such necessary to be convened, or which 
he may call at the request of two members of the 
Board; and at all meetings of the Board seven 
members shall constitute a quorum. The order of 
business at all meetings shall be as follows : 



1. The Reading of the Minutes of the last meet- 



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2. Reports of Standing Committees. 

3. Reports of Special Committees. 

4. Report of the Treasurer. 

5. Other Business. 

YIII. 
These By-Laws may be altered or suspended at 
a stated meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the 
members of the whole Board. 



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